The Home Stretch

I never thought this time would come, but now it’s here sooner than I ever could’ve imagined. It seems like just yesterday when I was freaking out over finding an internship and getting everything done before the semester began. Here it is though, the last day. I still have a week left of school and then finals, but after that I’m done! I should be stress free, but I have one last paper I have to write, which of course is nearly half my grade for the semester and has to be 8 to 10 pages. I know papers like this are supposed to be worked on throughout the course, but I am soo over it. I just want to be finished. Finals pose no threat to me, because I know what to study and then the tests will only take about an hour. I haven’t even started on my paper yet though, besides the research. Ugh, at least this should be the last time I ever have to do something like this.

It’s weird to look back and see all of the stuff I planned for throughout the semester and now it’s all over. All I have left to do is graduate. I’m just waiting to get an email saying I did something wrong or missed a class. I made it a point to visit my counsellors all the time to make sure nothing like that would happen. Half of my announcements are sent out and I’m going to work tonight planning to give a lot away to the regulars. I didn’t feel any different about graduating until this very moment. I just saw it as something else to do, I didn’t even want to walk my commencement, but now I really feel like I’m transitioning into a new phase of my life. I guess I should’ve planned better then, because I don’t have a job lined up or anything. I did always have a plan to graduate high school, work at Al’s Pizza for 4 years, graduate college, and then get a real job. I’ve done everything except the real job part, but I’m gonna put that off until fall so I can relax and travel over the summer.

I was always in such a hurry to grow up, but now it’s time and I don’t want to. I know I’ve changed a lot because I’ve never gotten emotional about anything like this especially not a graduation, because I wanted out so bad. I’m just so happy that my internship has been such a great experience. Everyone I worked with at CW17 has been so awesome. I felt the entire time that I got treated as an equal, as another employee. I learned so much during my time here and I feel so lucky to have worked with such a great group of people. I never had to make a coffee run, which I would have done by the way, I never had to stuff envelopes and I always looked forward to Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

On that note, my work here is done.
Peace and I’m out!